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Publication Data

Dimensions

Weight

562 g

Width

152 mm

Height

229 mm

Pagination

364

Editorial Details

Format Details

Trade paperback (US)

Description

Table Of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments List of PURL Audio and Video FilesIntroduction: Crossing Crocodiles and Staging Ethnography 1. Beyond Ethnicity, Beyond Ghana: Staging and Embodying African Personality 2. Dancing Essences: Sensational Staging and the Cosmopolitan Politics of Authentication3. Soldiers of Culture: Discipline, Artistry, and Alternative Education 4. Speak to the Wind: Staging the State and Performing Indirection5. We are the Originals! : A Tale of Two Troupes and the Birth of Contemporary Dance in Ghana6. Politics of Personality: Creativity, Competition, and Self-Expression within a Unitary MatrixConclusion: Dancing Between Self, State, and NationNotes References and Bibliography Index

Author Biography

Paul Schauert is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Oakland University (Michigan).